Pouring attachment for condensed milk



Oct. 17, 1939. 1.. J. GAUVREAU 2,

' POURING ATTACHMENT FOR CONDENSED MILK Filed May 5, 1937 1 N VENTOR.

Patented Oct. 17, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE POURING ATTACHIVIENT FOR CONDENSED MILK Leon J. Gauvreau, Astoria, N. Y.

Application May 5, 1937, Serial No. 140,825

2 Claims. (01. 22051) This invention relates to an improved device terminal portion disposed in horizontal position. for pouring evaporated and condensed milk, and The lever base I! is equipped with a piercing other flowing liquids from containers in the prong I 9, which is fixed thereto in any suitable form of puncturable cans, and its leading object manner, and which is located near the outer end 5 is to provide a device which can be readily atthereof, so as to produce a puncture near the tached to a can, which can be used to form two rim of the can. punctures in the can top, one for the discharge The base 5 is further formed or provided with of the contents and the other for the admission another pair of lugs 20 and 2|, which are located of air, and which includes two cooperating levers, in opposition to each other and which receive each lever carrying one of the piercing prongs the trunnions 22 and 23 of the larger lever 24. with which the puncture on one side of the can This lever includes a base 25 and the handle 26, top is made, and one lever having a handle which is disposed at approximately right angles Which is engageable by the handle of the other thereto, and provided with a laterally curved lever, so that upon depression of said other upper end 21. The opposite end of the lever, or

handle both levers will be operated to simultaneof its base, is equipped with a piercing prong 28, 15 ously raise two prongs, so that the contents of suitably attached thereto, and located so as to the can may be poured freely. pierce the can top near the rim thereof. The

Another object of the invention is the provibase 5 is formed with an opening I9 which re- Sion of a device of this character with a spring ceives the prong l9, and said base 5 is further arranged to close both levers, so that their provided with another opening 28' to receive pron-gs will enter and seal the can openings. the prong 28. These openings are preferably With the above and other objects in view the large enough to prevent the fluid which accuminvention consists in certain combinations, conulates around the openings formed by the piercstructions, and arrangements of parts, clearly ing action of the prongs, from building up to indescribed in the following specification, and fully terfere with the pouring action.

illustrated in the drawing, in which: The larger lever is formed with a pendant lip Fig. 1 is a plan view, showing the improved 29, adapted to overlap the rim of the can, and

pouring attachment coupled to the top of a can. act as a cut-ofi to prevent dripping of the fluid.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the attachment The handle of the larger lever is longer than 30 removed. the handle of the shorter lever, so that when the 30 Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the attachment. larger lever is manually pressed the handle of Fig. 4 is another side view thereof, the shorter lever will be engaged, thus simul- Fig. 5 is a side View of the attachment showing taneously raising the prongs of both levers, as the levers in raised position on the can. shown in Fig. 5. Referring to the drawing illustrating the prac- The larger lever is formed with a struck out 35 tical embodiment of the invention 5 designates a finger lug 30, which acts as a keeper for the coil metal base, adapted to be positioned on the top 3| of the spring which is provided with one of a metal container or can. This base is proterminal arm 32, which engages the base of the vided on one side with a depending lug 6, which main or larger lever, and for this purpose is is equipped with a screw threaded bearing 1 formed with a lateral terminal 32a which is inthrough which the clamping screw 8 is threaded, serted in the small hole 32b of said larger lever. so that the point thereof may engage the side of The spring is further provided with another the can 9. The opposite side of the base 5 is arm 33, which projects through a slot 34 formed equipped or provided with a pair of pendant lugs in the handle of the smaller lever, and which I0 and H, which are shown to be spaced apart then has sliding engagement with the base of the 45 from each other, see Fig. 4. shorter lever. The two arms of the spring thus The base 5 is formed or provided with a pluact on the bases of the two levers to hold the rality of struck-out lugs l2 and I3, located in prongs in the openings so that the can is effecopposition to each other, to which the smaller tively sealed. 5o lever I 4 is pivoted, by means of the trunnions The attachment is placed over a container can I5 and is. This lever includes a flat base portion and the two prongs are forced through the top, I! and a right angular arm or handle 18, which and then the base 5 is clamped in place by means is formed with a curved portion I811, and this of the small clamping screw, thus firmly securcurved handle normally projects upwardly in an ing the attachment to the can. approximate vertical position, with the curved The device is then ready for use, and the con- 55 tents of the container may be poured from either side thereof, but preferably from the side to which the larger lever is attached. As the contents are poured the air is allowed to enter the can.

Having described my invention I claim as new:

1. A pouring attachment for cans, consisting of a base provided with means for gripping the edge of a can, a pair of levers pivotally mounted on the base, each lever having a prong for piercing the top of the can, the levers being mounted so that the prong of one lever will engage one side of the top of the can and the prong of the other lever will engage the opposite side of the can, each of said levers having a rearwardly extending end, one of said ends projecting upward- 1y to form a handle and so constructed and arranged that when said end is moved about said pivotal mounting it will engage and operate the projecting end of the other lever, whereby on depression of said end both of said levers will be raised to open position.

2. The construction set forth in claim 1, including a coil spring carried by one of the levers in substantial alignment with the pivotal mounting thereof, having two arms, one of said arms engaging one of said levers and the other of said arms engaging the other of said levers, whereby each of said levers is spring retained in the closed position.

LEON J. GAUVREAU. 

